The rapid growth of the platform economy has transformed employment relationships through algorithmic management systems that replace human supervision with automated computational controls. While these systems optimize operational efficiency, their impact on worker psychological contracts and social exchange dynamics...
The platform economy should ideally continue to guarantee protection, freedom of association, and collective bargaining power for all workers. However, the reality shows that the misclassification of employment status, geographical dispersion, and algorithmic management have instead weakened the effectiveness of tradit...